Native Development

[Suns33k3r]

I'm trying to implement a page using Cascades API and Native SDK. This page shall consist of a chart generated from the user input data and some text around it. This chart should be generated once and isn't needed to show any animation or dynamically change its shape or size, so using OpenGL for this task would be overhead, I think.

Apart of OpenGL, I have few possible ways for doing that:

1. Use third-party javascript libraries for producing an image and somehow add surrounding text to it
2. Use Native API to be able to draw whatever I want. The problem here is I haven't found anything similar to Canvas entity or Graphics class in previous Blackberry platfroms. Is there anything that could help me doing this?
3. Use HTML5. How can I integrate HTML5 with the existing cascades code on a certain page?

So my question - what is the best way to achieve that goal? Have I missed something while doing research?

Thanks!

[mgoulet]

If you want to achieve something using HTML5, have you taken a look at WebWorks? Indeed, it may serve your needs without the complexity of OpenGL:

https://developer.blackberry.com/html5/

Martin

[Bomb3rman]

You can also use the Qt paint engine for this.

[Suns33k3r]

Thanks, guys! I'll try it out.

[jtegen]

There is also AIR that has many 3rd party chart libraries available that also includes all the animation you need. Plus it would be portable to other devices. Just something to consider as well.